I Come From Nothing

by Wale

[Intro]

[Hook: Shy Glizzy]My hood full of crackheads and hustlersAnd we was taught too be tougher then othersYeah, b*tch I come from nothingYeah, b*tch I come from nothingMy hood full of crackheads and hustlersAnd we was taught too be tougher then othersYeah, b*tch I come from nothingYeah, b*tch I come from nothing

[Verse 1: Shy Glizzy]I'm from where n*ggas don't know their mothersThey like f*ck religionBrothers killing brothersMy cousin twelve years oldAnd he'll bust yaf*ck a confessionn*gga we ain't usherI been struggling for nineteen years and runningI don't think they understand where I'm coming fromUh, I live by the gunI might die by the gunHold on, I wanna have a sonI might name him LloydOr I might name him MattHis mother said DevonteThat b*tch a hood ratI ain't never freeb*tch, I beez in the trapI ain't know what to beSo I went straight for the rap

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Shy Glizzy]Thirty-Seventh streetSoutheast babyI've been on these streets ever since I was a babyIt's loud nowBut that regular what raised meI used to steal dutches out off candy ladyGrandma was on welfareEvery week we get the cheeseUncle had brick fareBut he lived with usWhat good was heI was riding in stolen JeepsThis is just like last weekNow I'm writing to a beatLord have mercy on meUhh, I wasn't blessed to be LeBronI wasn't blessed to have a Micheal Vick armYeah I got good neighbors like State FarmBut I had to alarm them that I stayed armed

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Shy Glizzy]Glizzy, why ya'll call that sh*t the YoCause we will take your moneyTake your drugsAnd take your HoOh, n*gga don't act like you didn't knowI been selling drugs since I was 12 years oldn*ggas forty, drinking fortiesNine, shooting ninesn*ggas ain't even liveAnd they already dyingf*ck the policeThey ain't stopping my grindThey gave my n*ggas fed timeBefore they could tell timeI remember my first gunA f*cking 380Hadta to rob a hundred n*ggasMan, that sh*t was too crazyUsed to see my old heads pulling up in new MercedesLike Mitch told AceJust give me ten days B